With help from WAPDD, the city plans to pursue a matching grant of up to $500,000 to outfit the 50-acre park, which will become accessible to the public when an extension of H Street is complete. Barling residents will soon be mailed their own survey for input, according to the city.

Other amenities that students had to choose from, Grist said, included a playground, basketball court, fitness stations, batting cages, volleyball courts and ball fields among others. Commissioners inquired how much one of the top choices — the splash pad — might cost.